Re: Firefox 1.5.0.1 RPM

Motor wrote:
> 
> I just upgraded my machine from FC4 (where I was using your 1.5.0.1 RPM)
> to FC5... and afterwards everything felt subtly sluggish. Eventually I
> realised that part of it was Firefox, and I was now using Red Hat's
> version of 1.5.0.1. I removed it and reinstalled your rpm (even though is
> for FC4)... and now things are more like they were in terms of speed.
> Otherwise it looks and works the same as the RH version.

Wow, that's really interesting to know, thanks. I just ordered a new 
laptop (yay! first one in 6 years) and will be going with FC5 on it; I 
haven't had a chance to see what's in the distro. The CDs are burned and 
waiting. :)

Maybe Matthias (and others) would have a clue why this happens. I know 
that the FC4 version does not compile with some extra libraries (cairo 
and pango) that rawhide/FC5 does; perchance it's these extra libs 
slowing things down?

An interesting experiment which maybe I'll try -- grab the FC5 srpm, 
install it and comment out the pango/cairo compiles, then rebuild it. I 
honestly don't even know what those two things do.

-te

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